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34 results about "Liquidmetal" patented technology

Liquidmetal and Vitreloy are commercial names of a series of amorphous metal alloys developed by a California Institute of Technology (Caltech) research team and marketed by Liquidmetal Technologies. Liquidmetal alloys combine a number of desirable material features, including high tensile strength, excellent corrosion resistance, very high coefficient of restitution and excellent anti-wearing characteristics, while also being able to be heat-formed in processes similar to thermoplastics. Despite the name, they are not liquid at room temperature.

Method for preparing liquid metal nano-particles and method for preparing lithium ion batteries

The invention relates to a method for preparing liquid metal nano-particles and a method for preparing lithium ion batteries. The method for preparing the liquid metal nano-particles includes steps ofS1, mixing liquid metal alloy, ethyl alcohol solution and dodecyl mercaptan to obtain mixtures I and ultrasonically degrading the mixtures I; S2, allowing the mixtures I to stand still for 2-4 h, andthen filtering and drying the mixtures I to obtain the liquid metal nano-particles. The methods have the advantages that the electric conductivity of the lithium ion batteries with added liquid metalcan be greatly improved, and the liquid metal is high in energy density, can be used as an electrode material additive to provide extra capacity to the lithium ion batteries, and is a perfect material for lithium batteries with high energy density; the lithium ion batteries are little in damage in high-rate charge and discharge procedures owing to the excellent self-healing ability of the liquidmetal, the lithium ion batteries are excellent in high-rate performance as compared with pure lithium titanate batteries, the cycle lives of the lithium ion batteries can be prolonged, and the stability of the lithium ion batteries can be improved.
Owner:武汉新能源研究院有限公司

Method for achieving directional solidification based on 3D printing of multi-layer hollow shell mold

ActiveCN108746564ADirectional solidification under the same heat preservation conditions and stableDirectional solidification stabilityAdditive manufacturing apparatusFoundry mouldsDirectional solidificationMixed crystal
The invention provides a method for achieving directional solidification based on 3D printing of a multi-layer hollow shell mold. The multi-layer hollow shell mold structure serving as a casting moldis suitable for casting a casting through directional solidification due to the excellent cooling capability, but the multi-layer hollow shell mold structure is complex, manufacturing is difficult through a conventional method, and the accurate multi-layer hollow shell mold structure can be manufactured on the basis of printing of the 3D printing technology. When the casting is cast, after liquidmetal is poured into a cavity of the multi-layer hollow shell mold structure, the bottom of the multi-layer hollow shell mold structure is immersed in cooling water to be cooled, directional solidification is formed, along with ascending of the cooling water liquid level, the hollow layer is gradually filled with the cooling water from bottom to top, the liquid metal solidification interface is gradually upwards pushed in the vertical direction under the situation that the height of the liquid metal solidification interface is larger than the cooling water liquid level height, the same heat preservation conditions of various positions of the casting and stable directional solidification are achieved, accordingly, the defects of mixed crystals, spots and the like are reduced, and the purposes that the casting quality and performance are optimized, and the casting qualification rate is increased are achieved.
Owner:TSINGHUA UNIV

Miniature liquid metal switch with flexible structure

The invention discloses a miniature liquid metal switch with a flexible structure. The miniature liquid metal switch comprises a base body, an upper liquid storage tank, a lower liquid storage tank, liquid metal, a liquid metal flow channel, an air flow channel, a top surface sealing thin film, a bottom surface sealing thin film, a side surface sealing thin film and an external electrode. The invention further provides a control method of the miniature liquid metal switch with the flexible structure. A high-elasticity matrix can be extruded through an external mechanical stress to enable the liquid metal to move for communicating with a circuit; and rapid circuit breaking can be realized through automatic springback of a high-elasticity matrix material and surface tension contraction of the liquid metal. The liquid metal is used as a conducting medium, and no contact resistor exists, so that electric repulsive force under a normal rated, short-circuit or lightning impulse current can be avoided, and meanwhile, the service life problem of an existing solid-state metal contact switch due to bouncing, fusion welding, ablation and the like is also favorably solved. The miniature liquidmetal switch is simple in structure, small in size and good in on-off performance, and can be applied to power on-off occasions of circuits.
Owner:XI AN JIAOTONG UNIV

Flexible conductor wire and molding technology thereof

The invention discloses a flexible conductor wire and a molding technology thereof. The flexible conductor wire arranged in the surface of a fabric matrix comprises a flexible base, liquid metal and aflexible wrapping, and the flexible base and/or flexible wrapping are/is made of a flexible conducting material. The surface of the fabric matrix is printed with a basic glue material, and the liquidmetal and a wrapping glue material are sprayed and printed in a laminated alternative way to form the flexible conductor wire. The liquid metal is packaged in a flexible hose formed by the flexible base and the flexible wrapping, the conductivity and flexibility are higher, and the conductor wire is resistant to washing and bending. The flexible base has electric conductivity and thermal conductivity and insulation, can be adapted to improvement of the environmental temperature of the flexible hose, ensures that the liquid metal is in the fusion state, and meets the requirements for high conductivity of the flexible conductor, especially for use in areas at lower environmental temperature. The flexible conductor wire is easy to process and mold, satisfies conductance demands in intelligent dresses, prevents generation of bubbles by spraying and printing of the liquid metal and the wrapping glue material in the laminated alternative way, and ensures the stability of conductance.
Owner:KUNSHAN TENGFEI UNDERWEAR TECH

Nano knife probe and minimally invasive equipment

PendingCN109259855ASolve the disadvantage of difficult operation when the number increasesIncrease flexibilitySurgical instruments for heatingSyringe needleBiomedical engineering
A nano knife probe and minimally invasive equipment are provided in the embodiments of the present invention, The nano knife probe comprises: a liquid metal connection valve, an IRE generator connection port and multiple bendable probe transfer tubes, the probe transfer tubes are connected with one end of the liquid metal connection valve, the IRE generator connection port is electrically connected with the other end of the liquid metal connection valve, the free end of each probe transfer tube is provided with a probe head, and the probe transfer tube and the probe head are filled with liquidmetal. According to the nano knife probe and the minimally invasive equipment provided by an embodiments of the present invention, the several sets of the bendable probe transfer tubes are set and filled with liquid metal to form probe units, it can not only effectively solve the shortcomings of the traditional rigid monopole probes when the number of manipulation is increased, but also utilize the characteristics of bendable liquid metal probes, which can be introduced into the part of human internal organs through human respiratory tract and digestive tract for tumor treatment, so as to improve the flexibility of tumor treatment in clinic.
Owner:TECHNICAL INST OF PHYSICS & CHEMISTRY - CHINESE ACAD OF SCI

A tiny liquid metal switch with a flexible structure

The invention discloses a miniature liquid metal switch with a flexible structure. The miniature liquid metal switch comprises a base body, an upper liquid storage tank, a lower liquid storage tank, liquid metal, a liquid metal flow channel, an air flow channel, a top surface sealing thin film, a bottom surface sealing thin film, a side surface sealing thin film and an external electrode. The invention further provides a control method of the miniature liquid metal switch with the flexible structure. A high-elasticity matrix can be extruded through an external mechanical stress to enable the liquid metal to move for communicating with a circuit; and rapid circuit breaking can be realized through automatic springback of a high-elasticity matrix material and surface tension contraction of the liquid metal. The liquid metal is used as a conducting medium, and no contact resistor exists, so that electric repulsive force under a normal rated, short-circuit or lightning impulse current can be avoided, and meanwhile, the service life problem of an existing solid-state metal contact switch due to bouncing, fusion welding, ablation and the like is also favorably solved. The miniature liquidmetal switch is simple in structure, small in size and good in on-off performance, and can be applied to power on-off occasions of circuits.
Owner:XI AN JIAOTONG UNIV

High-temperature heat exchanger for liquid metaland heat exchange system

The invention relates to the technical field of heat exchange, and provides a high-temperature heat exchanger for liquid metaland heat exchange system. The heat exchanger comprises a shell and two pipe boxes arranged at the two ends of the shell correspondingly. The pipe boxes are connected with the shell through pipe plates. Multiple heat exchange pipes are arranged in the shell. The two ends ofeach heat exchange pipe extend out of the corresponding pipe plates correspondingly. A shell pass inlet and a shell pass outlet are formed in the side wall of the shell. A pipe pass inlet and a pipe pass outlet are formed in one pipe box. The pipe boxes and the heat exchange pipes are made of a refractory metal alloy. The system comprises multiple heat exchangers used for the liquid metal. According to the high-temperature heat exchanger and the heat exchange system, by arranging the pipe boxes, made of the refractory metal alloy, at the two ends of the shell and arranging the heat exchange pipes, made of the refractory metal alloy, in the shell, high temperature resistance, high pressure resistance and corrosion resistance of the heat exchanger can be remarkably improved, and the liquid metal can be used as a heat exchange medium for a long time when the heat exchanger conducts heat exchange; and in this way, the heat exchange effect can be improved, the corrosion effect of the liquidmetal on the heat exchanger can be reduced, and the service life can be prolonged.
Owner:TECHNICAL INST OF PHYSICS & CHEMISTRY - CHINESE ACAD OF SCI

Heat sink based on liquid metal multiphase fluid

The invention provides a heat sink based on a liquid metal multiphase fluid. The heat sink comprises a cooling medium container, a liquid metal container, a pipeline mixer, a heat exchange device, a cooling device and a separation device, the cooling medium container is filled with a cooling medium, the liquid metal container contains a liquid metal, and the cooling medium is mixed with the liquidmetal and then introduced into the heat exchange device to cool and dissipate heat source components. The heat sink mixes the liquid metal with another cooling medium to flow to achieve heat dissipation, and the liquid metal has a lower vapor pressure and a high boiling point, and can maintain a liquid state in a wide operating temperature range when used as a coolant; under the low pumping powerconsumption, the internal circulation of the liquid-liquid two-phase flow can effectively improve the heat transfer coefficient, the liquid metal can always perform single relative flow heat exchange, thereby improving the working critical heat flow density value of a heat dissipation system, the reliability of the heat dissipation system is ensured, and the ability of the system to withstand thermal shock is improved.
Owner:TECHNICAL INST OF PHYSICS & CHEMISTRY - CHINESE ACAD OF SCI +1

Method of directional solidification based on 3D printing multilayer hollow shell

ActiveCN108746564BDirectional solidification under the same heat preservation conditions and stableDirectional solidification stabilityAdditive manufacturing apparatusFoundry mouldsDirectional solidificationMixed crystal
The invention provides a method for achieving directional solidification based on 3D printing of a multi-layer hollow shell mold. The multi-layer hollow shell mold structure serving as a casting moldis suitable for casting a casting through directional solidification due to the excellent cooling capability, but the multi-layer hollow shell mold structure is complex, manufacturing is difficult through a conventional method, and the accurate multi-layer hollow shell mold structure can be manufactured on the basis of printing of the 3D printing technology. When the casting is cast, after liquidmetal is poured into a cavity of the multi-layer hollow shell mold structure, the bottom of the multi-layer hollow shell mold structure is immersed in cooling water to be cooled, directional solidification is formed, along with ascending of the cooling water liquid level, the hollow layer is gradually filled with the cooling water from bottom to top, the liquid metal solidification interface is gradually upwards pushed in the vertical direction under the situation that the height of the liquid metal solidification interface is larger than the cooling water liquid level height, the same heat preservation conditions of various positions of the casting and stable directional solidification are achieved, accordingly, the defects of mixed crystals, spots and the like are reduced, and the purposes that the casting quality and performance are optimized, and the casting qualification rate is increased are achieved.
Owner:TSINGHUA UNIV

Adjustable liquid metal antenna array based on magnetic control voltage transformation technology

The invention relates to the technical field of radio communication, in particular to an adjustable liquid metal antenna array based on a magnetic control voltage transformation technology. The liquidmetal antenna array is composed of an independent liquid metal antenna or more than one liquid metal antenna array, a flexible pipeline is filled with the liquid metal, and one end of the pipeline isconnected with a liquid metal storage tank; a controllable pipeline stop valve is used for executing the connection and disconnection operation, the other end of the pipeline is connected with a magnetic control device, and the controllable pipeline stop valve is used for executing the connection and disconnection operation in the middle. The beneficial effects are that the influence of the liquid metal storage tank on the antenna is effectively eliminated; a control area and an application area are divided by using an isolation plate, so that the electromagnetic interference is effectively reduced; the controllability of the magnetic control device is high, and the array frequency can be continuously changed in a short time; an inert gas effectively prevents the liquid metal from being oxidized; the system is high in controllability, and can achieve the automatic control of a large-scale antenna array.
Owner:杭州联芳科技有限公司

Method for preparing copper-aluminum-silicon alloy powder by using ultrasonic gas atomization and application of method

The invention discloses a method for preparing copper-aluminum-silicon alloy powder by using ultrasonic gas atomization and application of the method, and belongs to the technical field of preparationof anode materials for lithium batteries. The method provides a copper-aluminum-silicon alloy anode nanomaterial for preparing the high-performance lithium batteries by using an ultrasonic gas atomization method and application of the method. According to the technical scheme, the method comprises the following steps that firstly, a tundish system of an atomization device is started, and the inner diameter of a tundish discharging spout is phi 6-14 mm; secondly, the tapping temperature of a copper-aluminum-silicon alloy in a molten state is adjusted to be 1300-1700 DEG C; and thirdly, liquidmetal is poured into a tundish, the flow rate of supersonic airflow is adjusted to be 2-2.5 mach. the pulse frequency of the supersonic airflow is 80-100 KHz, airflow pressure is 10-50 Mpa, and powdermaking through ultrasonic gas atomization is conducted. The method for preparing the copper-aluminum-silicon alloy powder by using ultrasonic gas atomization can be widely applied to the field of preparation of the anode materials for the lithium batteries.
Owner:산시우테하이머뉴매테리얼스테크놀러지컴퍼니리미티드

A heat dissipation device based on liquid metal multiphase fluid

The invention provides a heat sink based on a liquid metal multiphase fluid. The heat sink comprises a cooling medium container, a liquid metal container, a pipeline mixer, a heat exchange device, a cooling device and a separation device, the cooling medium container is filled with a cooling medium, the liquid metal container contains a liquid metal, and the cooling medium is mixed with the liquidmetal and then introduced into the heat exchange device to cool and dissipate heat source components. The heat sink mixes the liquid metal with another cooling medium to flow to achieve heat dissipation, and the liquid metal has a lower vapor pressure and a high boiling point, and can maintain a liquid state in a wide operating temperature range when used as a coolant; under the low pumping powerconsumption, the internal circulation of the liquid-liquid two-phase flow can effectively improve the heat transfer coefficient, the liquid metal can always perform single relative flow heat exchange, thereby improving the working critical heat flow density value of a heat dissipation system, the reliability of the heat dissipation system is ensured, and the ability of the system to withstand thermal shock is improved.
Owner:TECHNICAL INST OF PHYSICS & CHEMISTRY - CHINESE ACAD OF SCI +1
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